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<p>Marcie Sillman talks with Seattle comic book artist Roberta Gregory during Banned Books Week about what it’s like to have her own work censored.&nbsp;</p><p>Fri, 26 Sep 2014 20:42:31 +0000Marcie Sillman & Jennie Cecil Moore42209 at http://kuow.orgSeattle Police Chief Goes Directly To Public To Hear Concernshttp://kuow.org/post/seattle-police-chief-goes-directly-public-hear-concerns
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Marcie Sillman sits down with KUOW reporter Amy Radil&nbsp;to talk about a recent meeting at the Capitol Hill precinct where Seattle Police Chief Kathleen&nbsp;O'Toole&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 1.5;">addressed police use of force and tickets that were issued for smoking marijuana in public.</span></p><p>Fri, 26 Sep 2014 20:42:17 +0000Amy Radil & Marcie Sillman42200 at http://kuow.orgRecycle This Week’s News (Or We Will Fine You $1)http://kuow.org/post/recycle-week-s-news-or-we-will-fine-you-1
<p>Is Seattle going too far by making composting mandatory? Is the Northwest the best place to be in a changing climate? Is Hope Solo distracting you from the real domestic violence problem?</p><p>Bill Radke discusses these stories plus torn-up pot tickets, washed-up Mariners (maybe) and glitchy ferry clickers with Eli Sanders, Knute Berger, Joni Balter, Luke Burbank, ESPN’s Jim Caple and UW atmospheric scientist Cliff Mass.</p><p>Fri, 26 Sep 2014 20:04:35 +0000Bill Radke42201 at http://kuow.orgRecycle This Week’s News (Or We Will Fine You $1)Peering Into The Future Of Artificial Intelligencehttp://kuow.org/post/peering-future-artificial-intelligence
<p>On the road to a future which promises steady advances in artificial intelligence, what should we expect? What should we be wary of, or hopeful about?</p><p>Our guide this week for those questions is <a href="http://styleisviolence.com/about/">Blaise Agüera y Arcas</a>, a software designer currently working on machine intelligence for Google. In his previous work as an engineer at Microsoft his focus included augmented reality, Bing Maps and Bing Mobile, wearable computing and natural user interfaces.&nbsp;As you’ll hear, Agüera y Arcas&nbsp;is insightful and philosophical about the cross sections of science and human culture in our past and future.&nbsp;</p><p>Fri, 26 Sep 2014 17:46:03 +0000John O'Brien41879 at http://kuow.orgPeering Into The Future Of Artificial IntelligenceSeattle Rabbi Becomes First Bearded Air Force Chaplainhttp://kuow.org/post/seattle-rabbi-becomes-first-bearded-air-force-chaplain
<p>On Sept. 10, Rabbi Elie Estrin of Seattle was sworn in as the first U.S. Air Force chaplain with a beard after the Pentagon relaxed its restrictions on facial hair in the military earlier this year.</p><p>Estrin, who is now based out of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, said that though he was attracted to a military life before the ban was lifted, keeping his beard was an important part of his culture.</p><p>Fri, 26 Sep 2014 16:51:51 +0000Jeannie Yandel & Hannah Burn42079 at http://kuow.orgSeattle Rabbi Becomes First Bearded Air Force ChaplainWhere Blind Baseball Players Play To Winhttp://kuow.org/post/where-blind-baseball-players-play-win
<p>When Kevin Daniel moved to Seattle, he assumed the city would have something he was leaving behind in Spokane: a blind baseball team. <u5:p></u5:p><o:p></o:p></p><p>That wasn’t the case. So in 2013 Daniel formed the <a href="http://seattlesluggers.org/wordpress/?page_id=1171">Seattle South King Sluggers </a>after asking one very important question: If he started a team, could they win?<u5:p></u5:p><o:p></o:p></p><p>Fri, 26 Sep 2014 16:39:41 +0000Marcie Sillman & Matthew Streib42132 at http://kuow.orgWhere Blind Baseball Players Play To WinSome Seattle Cops Resisting Use-Of-Force Policyhttp://kuow.org/post/some-seattle-cops-resisting-use-force-policy
<p>Marcie Sillman&nbsp;speaks with NPR law enforcement correspondent<span style="line-height: 1.5;">&nbsp;Martin Kaste&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 1.5;">about&nbsp;<a href="http://www.npr.org/2014/09/25/351373721/police-mental-stamina-metrics-shed-light-on-deadly-force?utm_medium=RSS&amp;utm_campaign=police">his two-part NPR story</a></span><span style="line-height: 1.5;">&nbsp;on the debate over use-of-force, and how it applies in Seattle.</span></p><p>Thu, 25 Sep 2014 22:07:22 +0000Marcie Sillman & Posey Gruener42160 at http://kuow.orgSome Seattle Cops Resisting Use-Of-Force PolicyUW Researcher Helps Search For Better Breast Pumphttp://kuow.org/post/uw-researcher-helps-search-better-breast-pump
<p>Jeannie Yandel talks to <a href="http://bethkolko.com/">Beth Kolko</a>, a professor at the University of Washington and co-founder of<a href="http://www.shiftlabs.com/"> Shift Labs</a>, about MIT's&nbsp;<a href="http://breastpump.media.mit.edu/">"Make The Breast Pump Not Suck"</a> hack-a-thon.</p><p>Thu, 25 Sep 2014 22:00:46 +0000Jeannie Yandel & Amina Al-Sadi42158 at http://kuow.orgUW Researcher Helps Search For Better Breast PumpMurray's Back With A New Commission To Solve Affordable Housinghttp://kuow.org/post/murrays-back-new-commission-solve-affordable-housing
<p>Marcie Sillman talks with Q13 Fox political analyst C.R. Douglas about Seattle Mayor Ed Murray's newest commission&nbsp;on affordable housing.&nbsp;</p><p>Thu, 25 Sep 2014 21:48:27 +0000Marcie Sillman & Hannah Burn42153 at http://kuow.orgGood News On Climate Change? Not So Muchhttp://kuow.org/post/good-news-climate-change-not-so-much
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Ross Reynolds speaks with Dr. </span>Koko<span style="line-height: 1.5;"> Warner, lead author of the adaptation section in the latest UN report on Climate Change, about a new University of Washington study this week that found no evidence that weather patterns in the Northwest so far h</span><span style="line-height: 1.5;">ave been influenced by human greenhouse gas emissions.</span></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">They also discuss a New York Times story which suggested the Pacific Northwest would be a good place to be when climate change hits because there will be less extreme heat and plentiful water. </span></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">According to Warner, if you feel relief with these reports, you are mistaken. Reynolds spoke to her at the UN Climate summit this week.</span></p><p>Thu, 25 Sep 2014 21:48:22 +0000Ross Reynolds42155 at http://kuow.orgGood News On Climate Change? Not So MuchKent: A Suburban Culture With Urban Problems http://kuow.org/post/kent-suburban-culture-urban-problems
<p>Jeannie Yandel talks with James Monroe, an urban studies and political science professor at&nbsp;<span style="line-height: 1.5;">Brown University,&nbsp;</span><span style="line-height: 1.5;">about the growing pains of young cities.&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">We also hear from Pat Gray of Kent Hope and Kent resident Gregg </span>Haffner<span style="line-height: 1.5;">&nbsp;about the plans for a 24-hour homeless shelter in the city.&nbsp;</span></p><p>Thu, 25 Sep 2014 21:47:17 +0000Jeannie Yandel & Hannah Burn42154 at http://kuow.orgYouth Find Themselves By Crossing Religious Boundarieshttp://kuow.org/post/youth-find-themselves-crossing-religious-boundaries
<div><p>This month's podcast features stories about youth who are defining themselves by building new religious community.&nbsp;</p><p>First, pre-teens on all sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict put aside their cultural differences to find peace and friendship in a program called Kids4Peace.</p><p>Then, two&nbsp;young Muslim converts pursue their beliefs in spite of what their families or the media have to say.</p><p>RadioActive<em>&nbsp;is&nbsp;KUOW's&nbsp;program for high school students.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.kuow.org/programs/radioactive">Listen to&nbsp;</a></em><a href="http://www.kuow.org/programs/radioactive">RadioActive</a><em><a href="http://www.kuow.org/programs/radioactive">&nbsp;stories</a>, subscribe to the&nbsp;</em><a href="http://www.kuow.org/rss">RadioActive</a><em><a href="http://www.kuow.org/rss">&nbsp;podcast</a>&nbsp;and stay in touch on&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/RadioActiveYouthMedia">Facebook</a>.</em></p>Thu, 25 Sep 2014 16:45:59 +0000Mohamed Mohamed & Josh Medina & Ardo Hersi & Kendra Hanna42133 at http://kuow.orgYouth Find Themselves By Crossing Religious BoundariesCommentator: Stop Talking About Hope Solohttp://kuow.org/post/commentator-stop-talking-about-hope-solo
<p><span style="line-height: 1.5;">&nbsp;</span>Jeannie Yandel speaks with&nbsp;ESPNW columnist Kate Fagan about how the public and the media should treat the allegations of domestic abuse against Seattle Reign player Hope Solo, and what the charges mean in comparison to similar allegations against National Football League players.</p><p>Wed, 24 Sep 2014 22:19:12 +0000Jeannie Yandel & Matthew Streib42123 at http://kuow.orgCommentator: Stop Talking About Hope SoloThe Despair Quebec Felt When Scotland Rejected Independencehttp://kuow.org/post/despair-quebec-felt-when-scotland-rejected-independence
<p>Marcie Sillman talks to Vaughn Palmer, columnist for the Vancouver Sun, about how Canadians responded to Scotland's referendum on independence.&nbsp;In addition, he discusses Toronto Mayor Rob Ford's battle with cancer and what it means for the city.</p><p>Wed, 24 Sep 2014 22:14:10 +0000Marcie Sillman & Matthew Streib42122 at http://kuow.orgWhat's Old Is New Again: Updated Diaphragm Ready For U.S. and Global Marketshttp://kuow.org/post/whats-old-new-again-updated-diaphragm-ready-us-and-global-markets
<p>Marcie Sillman speaks with Patricia Coffey and Maggie Kilbourne-Brooke, both of the Seattle-based global health nonprofit <a href="http://www.path.org/">PATH</a>, about the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.path.org/projects/silcs.php">SILCS&nbsp;diaphragm</a>, which was recently approved by the FDA.</p><p>Wed, 24 Sep 2014 22:13:32 +0000Marcie Sillman & Posey Gruener42118 at http://kuow.orgWhat's Old Is New Again: Updated Diaphragm Ready For U.S. and Global Markets